Beginning September 14, 2021, student ID photos for summer and fall 2021 undergraduates have been imported into Starfish. A photo import will take place once each semester for all new undergraduate students. Faculty/staff providers are now able to see these photos...
News and Updates
Dates for fall 2021 progress reporting
Instructors will be asked to provide feedback to students in their undergraduate courses at two points in the spring semester. Early Indicators progress survey: September 7–17 (weeks 3-4) Mid-Semester progress survey: October 4–13 (weeks 7-8) Faculty have three...
Dates for spring 2021 progress reporting
Instructors will be asked to provide feedback to students in their undergraduate courses at two points in the spring semester. Early Indicators progress survey: February 1–10 (weeks 3-4) Mid-Semester progress survey: March 1–10 (weeks 7-8) Faculty have three methods...
How to use “Select All” in Starfish
The Select All checkbox at the top of the My Students, Tracking, and Intake lists in Starfish will now select all of the students or items instead of just those displayed on the page. This should make it easier to perform bulk actions on larger groups of students....
Direct links are now available in Starfish
Direct links allow students and staff to click on a link and be taken directly to that page within Starfish. Standard links will only work if a user is already logged in to Web Access before clicking on the link. Direct links will take users to the linked page even...
Working remotely?
Step-by-step instructions are available for converting in-person meetings scheduled in Starfish to online meetings Online meetings might not only come in handy as we make contingency plans around Covid-19 but also during normal operations as an alternative to phone...
New user interface
Beginning on August 9, 2018, Starfish is mobile responsive for student users. Faculty & staff users will notice a change in navigation; click the triple bar (or “hamburger”) icon to find your students and appointments tabs. Student users will see the most...
Starfish successfully upgraded
Starfish was successfully upgraded February 9-10. Users should note improved performance. If you have feedback to share, please do so here: Share Your Feedback
Starfish unavailable during upgrade overnight, Feb. 9-10
Starfish will be unavailable beginning Friday, February 9 at 9:00pm ET for about 12 hours. Hobsons, the parent company for Starfish, is releasing a major upgrade to Starfish that will require system downtime. A message about the outage will be displayed on the site...
Configuration updates: Flag clear reasons and email addresses
Two configuration updates were made recently: Clearing flags helps advisers and instructors identify students who may need additional outreach by documenting those who have already taken some action. Starfish released an update that allows users to choose reasons for...